NBC Sports Network's Notre Dame football marathon airs New Year's Day

NBC Sports Network
kicks off the New Year with 10 hours of Notre Dame Football programming this
Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at noon.

With No. 1 Notre Dame heading to the BCS National
Championship, NBC Sports Network will re-air the team's Sept. 22, 13-6 win
against rival Michigan, followed by an encore showing of "Onward Notre Dame:
South Bend to Soldier Field," a special NFL Films-produced behind-the-scenes
look at Notre Dame football.

"Onward," which debuted in October, features the Fighting
Irish and head coach Brian Kelly as they prepare to face Miami at Soldier
Field, home of the Chicago Bears, a game Notre Dame won, 41-3.

At 3 p.m., NBC Sports Network presents Notre Dame's 20-13
overtime victory over Stanford, followed by the team's thrilling triple
overtime victory, 29-26, over Pittsburgh at 5 p.m. Coverage continues with
Senior Day and the Fighting Irish's 38-0 shutout win over Wake Forest at 7 p.m.
The programming block concludes with an encore showing of "Undefeated: 2012
Notre Dame Football Season in Review," a look back at the Fighting Irish's
magical season and look ahead to the team's upcoming appearance in the BCS
National Championship.

Notre Dame Football on NBC scored its most-watched season in
seven years. The Fighting Irish averaged 4.4 million viewers and a 2.8
household rating for their seven games on NBC, up 69 percent and 67 percent,
respectively, versus last year (2.6 million viewers and a 1.7 household
rating). The 4.4 million average viewers this year is the best for Notre Dame
Football on NBC since 2005 (5.2 million), while the 2.8 rating is the best
since 2006 (3.0).

The NBC Sports Group and the University of Notre Dame began
their landmark Notre Dame football relationship in 1991, and have renewed their
partnership numerous times, the latest in June of 2008 through 2015. NBC has
the media rights for up to eight Notre Dame home games annually, including one
off-site home game airing in primetime each year. Since 2010, NBC's Notre Dame
games have been streamed live on NBCSports.com and, beginning in 2012, on the NBC
Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets.